The density of the eggs is only slightly higher than the salt water and it float around and other fish eat it
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The density of the eggs is only slightly higher than the salt water and it float around and other fish eat it
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I knew a wholesaler 10 years ago that reported success in breeding. He had a 300 gallon tank with 400lbs of live rock and no other fish, no sump, or other type of filtration. Not sure on his success rate of actually raising the fry to adults.
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With mandarin breeding the hard part isn't getting the eggs to hatch. Its providing food that the fry can eat that will keep them alive long enough to fully form. It has been done by over at MOFIB (Marine Ornamental Fish and Invert Breeders) but Witt (Matthew L. Wittenrich) was using "wild caught plankton." When he suceeded (last year) he didn't know for sure which components of the palnkton the fry were actually eating. That may have changed since then though.
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That and the time it it take from baby to saleable, plus how cheap it is to get wild caught Mandarin. It is doable but not even near profitable.
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I just like raising baby fish. I did real well with cichlids.
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This thread has got me thinking about trying my hand at breeding marine fish again. I'm sure if I should be exited or afraid for my pocket book.
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Sherry if you haven't already you really got to check out MOFB.
I think some people have had some success with larvae food other than wild caught plankton such as SS rotifers (only the strongest larvae will be able to accept that as food) as well as A Tonsa freshly hatched nauplii (you'd have to culture them. I don't know where you'd get just eggs here in the US).
I am waiting for mine to start spawning as well and am thinking SS rotifers would be the most economical way to try it even if it means that only a few would make it through the critical stage on that.
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I have a book on raising baby fish but have read it in a while I need to get it out and read it again. I guess right now if it happens it happens I'm not going to try real hard I am working on getting the 130 gal tank and setting it up the I will concentrate on my pairs having babies.
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